Reading in Place, An Earth Day Celebration

The Berry Center Farm 8462 Maddox Ridge Road, Turners Station

Pastoral Poetry in the Pasture: Maurice Manning’s Bucolics 2:00 - 4:30pm ET The Berry Center Farm in Henry County, Kentucky 6:30 - 7:30pm ET Agrarian Voices: Bucolics Project Concert & Poetry Reading* (more details coming soon!) Celebrate Earth Day at The Berry Center’s farm with a pitch perfect collection of pastoral poetry. In the field […]

Agrarian Voices Lecture: Bucolics Concert with Brandon Taaffe and Maurice Manning

The Locker 244 South Main Street, New Castle

Born out of a ten-year collaboration between Kentucky poet Maurice Manning and Vermont composer Brendan Taaffe, The Bucolics Project reimagines Manning’s award-winning 2007 collection Bucolics as song. Each song is based on an archival recording of Eastern Kentucky singers like Addie Graham, Roscoe Holcomb, and Old Regular Baptist congregations. Performed by an all-star cast including […]